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Saturday, November 177:00pm—8:00pm (Harbour C)Spotlight: Lawrence HillHill’s sixth book, The Book of Negroes, a novel,was published by HarperCollins Canada inJanuar y 2007 and his seventh book , TheDeserter's Tale (written with Joshua Key)was released in February 2007 in Canada, theUnited States and Australia and later this year willbe published in India and six European countries.Hill is a former reporter with The Globe andMail and parliamentary correspondent for TheWinnipeg Free PressSunday, November 187:00am—8:30am (Regatta)ACSUS Business MeetingSunday, November 188:30am—10:00amSession A (IMBI) Cross-Listed with BUS/ECConsequences of Securing Borders (Dockside1)CHAIR: Robert Monahan, Western WashingtonUniversityAre Enhanced Trade and Enhanced SecurityMutually Exclusive? The Western Canada-U.S.Borderland in a Post 9-11 WorldSusan Bradbury, Iowa Sate University and DanielE. Turbeville, Eastern Washington UniversityReinventing the Canada-U.S. Borderlands: TheWHTI and Passport ComplianceVictor Konrad, Carleton University and HeatherNicol, Trent UniversityAir Cargo Security: Cross-Border Trade betweenCanada and the U.S.Jess Sanford, University of WashingtonLogistically Speaking… How Canadian and U.S.Firms Have Dealt with Increased BorderSecurity, and Likely Response to WHTIAnneliese Vance, University at BuffaloDISCUSSANT: Don Alper, Western WashingtonUniversitySession B (BUS/EC)On Being Competitive in Global Environment(Dockside 2)CHAIR: Nancy J. Church, Plattsburgh StateUniversity of New York– 49 –Governmental Support of Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses in Canada and the US: A ComparativeViewNancy J. Church and Delena D. Clark, PlattsburghState University of New YorkCompetitive Strategies of Canadian FurnitureManufacturers in a Globalizing EconomyMark Drayse, California State University, FullertonCanada as Exemplar: The Code of Conduct onIncentivesKenneth P. Thomas, University of Missouri-St.LouisDISCUSSANT: Greg Anderson, University ofAlbertaSession D (TOCW)Canadian Anti-Americanism: Policy or Prejudice?(Dockside 3)CHAIR: Reginald Stuart, Mount Saint VincentUniversityAnti-Americanism and Canada’s DemographicDiscourseMark Milke, University of CalgaryAn Anti-American Typology: Beyond the UsualSuspectsReginald C. Stuart, Mount Saint Vincent UniversitySession E (ENGL)Toronto to Siena (Dockside 4)CHAIR: Laura Ferri, Centro Siena-Toronto, SienaHow Some Canadian Writers Travel to Italy:Translating Toronto to SienaLaura Ferri, Centro Siena-Toronto, SienaHow One Canadian Writer Travels to Italy:Transporting Toronto to SienaJon Redfern, Centennial CollegeJourneying Back To a Native Place Never SeenBefore: Wyndham Lewis’s Self-CondemnedCaterina Ricciardi, Università di RomaSession I (IRandD)Canadian Foreign Policy in Critical Perspective:Other Diplomacies (Dockside 8)CHAIR: Lana Wylie, McMaster UniversityAt Home on Native Land: Canada and theUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights ofIndigenous PeoplesJ. Marshall Beier, McMaster UniversitySATURDAY/SUNDAY